Before you tune in to KFIL tonight for high school tournament coverage, check out today's country music history!

Two country music giants were born today!  Charlie Daniels hails from Wilmington, North Carolina.  Daniels was born October 27, 1936.

"God Bless The U.S.A." singer, Lee Greenwood, was also born October 27th in the year 1942 in California.

Checking out the #1 songs on the Billboard country charts:  2007 "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney.  "Only In America" by Brooks and Dunn, 2001, and "If You're Gonna Play In Texas" by Alabama, in 1984.

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